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Plot Diagram and Elements Lesson | Short Story Structure GR 4-7 Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review the elements of plot and plot diagrams. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about plot elements before explaining them in their own wordsmatch each stage of a plot diagram with its descriptionread short stories and sequence the main events on a
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4th - 7th
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RACES Writing Strategy Practice | Reading Passages Prompts GR 6-8 Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL WRITING LESSONS: With 10 passages and prompts, students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades learn how to read a text closely and respond with an effective explanatory paragraph using the RACES writing strategy. Students can also use this format to write the body paragraphs of an essay!**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 6-8** This resource is not recommended for grades below 6th.►Except for the acronym, this resource is the same as TIQAC Writing Strategy Practice and Reading Passages. I do not rec
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 5 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Quoting and Paraphrasing Lesson and Practice GRADES 5-7 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review the difference between quoting and paraphrasing text. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn how to quote and paraphrase text and view examplesexplain the difference between quoting and paraphrasing in their own wordsmatch examples of quotes and paraphr
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 2 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View BigFoot
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes Bigfoot exist? Or is he just a made up legend? Students will read two nonfiction articles to compare and contrast both sides of the Bigfoot debate! This is a fun, but educational, lesson. Included is BOTH print and digital versions.I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted no
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Denotation and Connotation Lesson and Activities GRADES 5-7 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review denotation and connotation. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn definitions and examples of denotation and connotation before explaining them in their own wordschoose the correct denotation and connotation of various wordsdetermine positive, neutral,
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5th - 7th
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Inferencing Lesson and Practice | Making Inferences GRADES 6-8 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review making inferences. Students will highlight text and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about the skill of inferencing explain inferencing in their own wordsanalyze 10 excerpts from literature: read the prompt, highlight clues in the text, and explain the inferences they madeThis lesson provides a hand
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6th - 8th
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Types of Irony Lesson and Practice Activities GRADES 6-8 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about three types of irony and watch three short YouTube videosexplain irony in their own wordsmatch examples to each type of ironyidentify and explain the i
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 8 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Context Clues Vocabulary Strategy Lesson and Practice GRADES 5-7 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review using five types of context clues. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about 5 types of context clues and explain them in their own wordschoose synonyms for words based on context clues in sentencesidentify the types of context clues used in sentence
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 2 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Plot Elements Lesson Plan PLOT DIAGRAM WITH SHORT STORY Close Reading Passage
⭐ MODEL CLOSE READING! Plot structure is an abstract concept, so identifying the plot elements of a short story can be difficult for many students. This lesson is designed to help students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades “see” the plot of a story by breaking the process down step-by-step and making it concrete. With this technique, students will:learn about the stages of plot and the annotation symbols that can represent each stageannotate "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop and then use the annotati
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4th - 6th
Similes and Metaphors Lesson, Practice, and Quiz GRADES 5-7 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL RESOURCE: Engage students in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with these interactive activities as you introduce or review similes and metaphors. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will: learn the difference between similes and metaphorsexplain similes and metaphors in their own wordssort similes and metaphors in sentencesidentify similes and metaphors in short texts and ex
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5th - 7th
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Tone and Mood Lesson and Activities GRADES 6-8 Interactive Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review tone and mood. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn the definitions of tone and mood and view examplesexplain tone and mood in their own wordssort tone and mood words into positive, neutral, and negative categoriesdetermine the tone and mood of excerpt
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 8 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
The Raven Activities BUNDLE Digital Escape Room, Annotation Lesson, Quiz, & More
Use these engaging, interactive print and digital resources to get your students excited to read "The Raven" and delve deeper into Edgar Allan Poe's life. Pre-teach poetic devices, allusions, and symbolism through the digital escape room, continue with the annotation lesson, and end with the assessment. See preview for full details!Related Products:The Cask of Amontillado BUNDLE Irony Digital Escape Room, Project, Essay & MoreHALLOWEEN Capitalizing Proper Nouns | Mystery Reveal Picture Pixel
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7th - 11th
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Poetry Analysis Introduction Lesson and Practice GRADES 4-6 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades with this interactive lesson as an introduction to poetry analysis. Students will highlight text and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:learn about analyzing both the structure and meaning of a poemanalyze 13 short poems and determine the numbers of stanzas and lines, underline rhyming words, highlight repetition, highlight figurative language, identify the point
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4th - 6th
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Distance Learning Reading Comprehension Intervention Bundle
Google Apps Ready!Page 2 has all of the Google Slides LinksClose ReadingIntervention PackDaily Guided Reading Lessons✎ Four weeks of daily guided reading lessons for your intervention reading group! These lessons are close reading lessons designed to make your struggling readers more independent. It also reinforces the close reading strategies. ➨ Learning targets are included!!! ☺Included are six nonfiction articles, 20 days (4 weeks) of daily guided reading lessons, pair share, close readin
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5th - 9th
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Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details in Nonfiction GRADES 4-6 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review topic, main idea, and supporting details in nonfiction texts. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:highlight the parts of a paragraphlearn about main idea statements and sort examples and non-exampleslearn the difference between main ideas that are stated di
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4th - 6th
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Sharks
Close Reading Point of View Compare and ContrastShould all the sharks in the world be removed from the ocean to protect people from shark attacks? Explore this topic in two different nonfiction articles!View the Video Preview: PreviewI wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted non fiction articles that would be easy to teach wi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
CLOSE READING BUNDLE FICTION Interactive Google Apps Lessons and Activities
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSONS BUNDLE: Engage students in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with 8 interactive lessons that introduce or review concepts for close reading fiction. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 5-7**►These lessons are ideal for whole group, small group, and one-on-one instruction for the grade levels I have tagged. They also work well for Response to Intervention
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5th - 7th
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Nonfiction Summary Reading Intervention Unit
Close Reading Nonfiction Summary Intervention PackRunning out of ideas to help your struggling readers?Tired of being observed by your principal only to be caught without a lesson plan?Too busy to write learning targets?These are the reasons I wrote this intervention unit! I was frustrated with the lack of time and resources to plan for my small reading groups. I knew I needed data and lots of skill practice for my struggling readers. That's how this unit evolved. It has taken months of work
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension and Progress Monitoring Bundle
Compare and Contrast Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast The World's Deadliest Island Nonfiction ReadingDid you know there is an island that has never been explored by modern day man because of a deadly tribe living there? Did you know there is an island in Brazil so deadly you have to have a doctor travel there with you? North Sentinel Island and Snake Island are two of the World's Deadliest Islands. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two islands, or go deep
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View in Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View in Two Nonfiction ArticlesDid you know the blue-ringed octopus is so venomous that one bite will paralyze you? Did you know the bite from a snail could kill you? The blue-ringed octopus and cone snail are two of the world's most deadly sea animals. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two animals, or go deeper and teach them to compare and contrast the author's point of view. I
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast Close Reading Lesson Yellowstone Wolves
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastLots of options for differentiation!Check out my YouTube video that explains this lesson: Click hereTwo original articles about the Yellowstone Wolf controversy. Each article takes a different point of view. Students will have fun reading about each side and will form their own opinions about the controversy. Great way to teach close reading for the point of view without boring the kids to death. :)I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesti
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda Triangle
Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda TriangleTwo high interest nonfiction articles, written from two different points of view! Students will read "Killer Sea Farts" and "Alien Vortex." Both are original articles, two pages long, nonfiction, written by me. They investigate The Bermuda Triangle. Hundreds of planes and ships go missing in The Bermuda Triangle each year. Are the disappearances due to a hidden alien vortex? Or is there a logical explanation for these disa
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4th - 10th
Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Foreshadowing Lesson and Practice Activities GRADES 6-8 Interactive Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review foreshadowing in literature. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:explore five types of foreshadowing: Chekhov's Gun, symbolism, prophesies and omens, flashforward/ flashback, and red-herringexplain foreshadowing in their own wordsmatch an example to each t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 8 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Characterization in Literature | Character Analysis GRADES 6-8 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review characterization in literature. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:analyze definitions and examples of important termschoose character traits that best describe charactersdifferentiate between direct and indirect characterizationexplain the difference bet
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 13 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
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